Originally Posted by
drifthappy
Come on you can make shits loads of power on stock cams you just need a BIG turbo. Ppl have made 650 on stock bottom end. Im worried because im running 26psi on my DD with stock bottom end but even then I have a awesome tune so im not that worried.
But at that point (stock cams with a huge turbo) the powerband is going to be shitty, again, i'm building a daily driver, not a dyno driver. I should have about 400 + ft lbs from something like 2500-6000, it will drive much better around town than a large turbo on an SR, I never said the power cant be made on an SR, but overall, for what I want to do, which is have 400+ rwhp and daily drive it, reliably, my choice meets the requirements, and does so very well.
Add to this in a year or two I plan to swap the longblock for yet a different truck one, using the same cam, at that point it should make 460 or so rwhp, and lose 70 lbs due to that one being aluminum block, couple that with a 150 HP nitrous shot, and it will be a reasonably quick daily driver. This again all on a stock set of unported heads and a mild camshaft.